1472

Centuries:	14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades:	1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s
Years:	1469 1470 1471 - 1472 - 1473 1474 1475

1472 in topic:
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Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors
Category: Establishments - Disestablishments
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Year 1472 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events of 1472

February 20 - Orkney and Shetland are returned by Norway to Scotland, due to a defaulted dowry payment.
Possible discovery of Bacalao (possibly Newfoundland, North America) by João Vaz Corte-Real.
An extensive slave trade begins in modern Cameroon, as the Portuguese sail up the Wuori River.
Fernão do Po claims the central-African islands Bioko and Annobón for Portugal.
Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena, the world's oldest surviving bank, is founded.
Leonardo da Vinci is listed as a master in Florence's "Company of Artists".
Fundation of Kingdom of Fez

March 30 - Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (b. 1435)
April 25 - Leone Battista Alberti, Italian artist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1404)
May 30 - Jacquetta of Luxembourg, daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg (b. 1416)
June 4 - Nezahualcoyotl, Aztec poet (b. 1402)
July 5 - Charles of Artois, Count of Eu, French military leader (b. 1394)
November 18 - Basilius Bessarion, titular patriarch of Constantinople (b. c. 1403)
date unknown - Afanasy Nikitin, Russian traveller
probable
- Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran
- Hayne van Ghizeghem, Flemish composer (b. c. 1445)
- Michelozzo, Italian architect and sculptor (b. 1391)